Kenya’s president said Africa had a chance to “guide the globe” on climate action as he prepared to open a landmark climate summit in Nairobi on Monday aimed at reframing the continent as a budding renewable energy powerhouse. The first Africa Climate Summit comes ahead of a flurry of diplomatic meetings leading to the November…
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Gabon’s Gen. Oligui Nguema sworn in as ‘transitional’ head of state
Gabon’s new military leader was sworn in as the head of state Monday (Sep. 04) less than a week after ousting the president whose family had ruled the Central African nation for more than five decades. Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, took the oath in the presidential palace in front of a packed, boisterous room…
The mysterious culprit behind ‘water on the brain’ in Ugandan babies
Nearly 4,000 babies in the central African country develop post-infectious hydrocephalus every year For nearly two decades, scientists have attempted to identify the mysterious culprit behind a medical condition common to Uganda that causes the heads of new-born babies to enlarge, leading to severe neurological damage and even death. Nearly 4,000 babies in the central…
Netanyahu urges immediate deportation of Eritrean clash participants
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the immediate deportation of Eritrean migrants involved in recent violent clashes in Tel Aviv. He held a meeting to discuss measures against those who participated, referring to them as illegal infiltrators. “What happened yesterday crossed a red line. It’s a riot, it’s bloodshed, these are riots we cannot…
Trump pleads not guilty in Georgia election fraud case
Former US President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty in his Georgia election fraud case, waiving the right to appear in court next week. Mr Trump is among 19 people charged with a conspiracy to overturn the US state’s 2020 vote results. He turned himself in at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta last week, where…
“What he wants to do, Let him do, Give him Peace” Uganda First Lady advice after 50 years of marriage.
In a poignant address during a luncheon at Irenga farm, Ntungamo district, First Lady Janet Museveni, who has shared an enduring union with President Museveni for five decades, imparted wisdom that reverberated through the gathering. Amidst the lush surroundings and the joyous atmosphere, her words carried a resonance that touched the hearts of those in…
Wagner Chief Yevger Prigozhin buried Privately in St Petersburg Cemetery.
Other cemeteries in the Russian city had previously been mentioned in media reports as likely sites for the burial. Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin has been buried privately in a “farewell ceremony” in a St Petersburg cemetery, according to his press team. Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash north of Moscow on 23 August, two months to…
French President Macron addresses situation in Sahel
France refuses any “paternalism” but also any “weakness” in Africa, said Emmanuel Macron on Monday, as the Sahel faces an “epidemic of putsches”, most recently in Niger, where the French ambassador is still in post despite an ultimatum from the ruling military. “Neither paternalism, nor weakness, because otherwise we’re nowhere,” the French president told French…
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